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100 YEARS AGO Jan. 23, 1918
JONESBORO —Ed Fisher, formerly of Jonesboro, later of Little Rock, who was shot by Herbert Rosecrans yesterday while Fisher was attempting to enter his slayer’s home, died today from his wounds at St. Barnard’s hospital. An effort was made to locate the bullet, but after he had been on the operating table three hours, the surgeons were unable to find it. The operation disclosed the fact that the ball had punctured the intestines in several places. The preliminary hearing of Rosecrans will be held tomorrow morning before Justice J.R. Reeves.
50 YEARS AGO Jan. 23, 1968
BLYTHEVILLE —Governor Rockefeller reiterated Monday night that he would include a mixed drink bill in his call for a special session next month only if he had “firm commitments” from a majority of the legislators in support of the measure. About 12 legislators, most of them from Craighead and Mississippi Counties, attended a meeting here, the first in a series Mr. Rockefeller has planned with legislators before the special session. Mr. Rockefeller told the group that 70 proposals are currently in the call and said that the number could change before February 5, the opening date of the special session.
25 YEARS AGO Jan. 23, 1993
Despite a record number of homicides, the number of major crimes committed in Little Rock declined in 1992 — the first such decrease in at least eight years, police said Friday. Major crimes, as defined by eight categories of personal and property crimes, declined 5.35 percent in 1992, according to statistics released Friday. Reported rapes and robberies fell significantly. Police Chief Louie Caudell said on Friday he was pleased by the new figures. But it’s too early to know whether they signal a trend, he warned.
10 YEARS AGO Jan. 23, 2008
EL DORADO — Prosecutors want to talk to the family of a 9-year-old boy who was shot to death last summer before deciding whether to request their own mental evaluation of capital-murder defendant Jonathan Watts. Watts’ hearing Tuesday in Union County Circuit Court lasted only a few minutes. Prosecutors told the court they would be ready next week to make a decision about getting a second exam. Meanwhile, the 52-year-old man, who has been diagnosed several times with paranoid schizophrenia, stood silently in front of the judge.